Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:56:17 +0100 (CET) From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: des@des.no Cc: mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net, ed@80386.nl, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm Message-ID: <20091111.215617.74746990.sthaug@nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: <86fx8kolak.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <86fx8kolak.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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> The fact that FreeBSD doesn't do this is a bug. The purpose of > /etc/termcap is to document the actual capabilities of the terminal, and > saving and restoring the screen is one of xterm's capabilities, but > somebody who didn't like it unilaterally decided to force their own > personal preferences on everyone instead of tweaking their own shell > configuration (export LESS=-X). That may be so. However, I (like others on this list) hate that feature and its default usage in Linux with a passion. If the FreeBSD default is changed I guess I'll hate that equally much, which is kind of sad - because in most respects FreeBSD does what I want. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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